Ten years in the trenches, a decade of building, and the crushing weight of imposter syndrome still has you pinned. You look in the mirror and see an "average" developer, a "technician" who just gets by, not a "real" engineer. The glittering towers of FAANG seem impossibly distant, a club you’ll never join. You've poured your life into learning, yet you're convinced you're a fraud waiting to be exposed. But what if the entire game is rigged? What if the standard you're chasing is a complete myth? A recent discussion on Avonetics blew the lid off this toxic mindset when one user dropped a bombshell truth: even Goliaths like Google ship catastrophic software failures. The illusion of perfection is just that—an illusion. The floodgates opened. Hundreds of engineers on Avonetics confessed to feeling the exact same way, revealing that being a solid, reliable developer who delivers functional solutions on time and on budget IS the job. The "elite" status is often just a brutal interview prep game, not a true measure of engineering prowess. This isn't just a thread; it's a revolution against the broken definitions of skill, value, and compensation that our industry has forced upon us. It’s time to question everything you thought you knew about your own worth. For advertising opportunities, visit Avonetics.com.